United Kingdom

Euronews | – “World leaders have gathered at the World War I battle sites of the Gallipoli campaign to mark 100 years since the British-led invasion. Representatives of countries that faced off in one of the most iconic events of the war honoured the dead in a joint ceremony on Friday, on the eve of […]

Education

Tee tomesing, tay tomesing? UK Kindergarten Teachers must report Terrorist Toddlers

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AJ+ | — “The British government wants kindergarten teachers to report their toddlers…for potential extremism. Seriously.” AJ+ “Terrorist Toddlers In The UK? ”

Climate Change

Mr. 2%: Tony Blair’s Secret Oil Contract with Saudis Revealed

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TheLipTV: “Tony Blair’s secret contract with a Saudi oil company has been revealed as details have emerged that the ex-Prime Minister received £41,000 a month and two percent commission on any successful deals that he helped broker. Tony Blair Associates (TBA) signed the contract with PetroSaudi to help find them new sources of investment and […]

European Union

In Symbolic Vote, UK Parliament urges Recognition of Palestine

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole There are 650 members of the British parliament, so the vote on Monday by 271 of them to recognize Palestine is hardly an overwhelming victory for supporters of this position. On the other hand, only 12 voted against. Most MPs seem to have made themselves scarce. The vote was a project of […]

Climate Change

Education, Health, and Global Warming: Top 5 Reasons 45% of Scots Wanted to Leave the Right Wing UK

Juan Cole

by Juan Cole The US media coverage of the Scottish referendum is oddly lacking in any reference to actual politics. As usual, the corporate media concentrates on issues in ethnicity to cover up issues in social class and social policy. The “Washington consensus” of Neoliberalism, substituting blind so-called “market forces” for good governance, has been […]

Israel Lobby

Pro-Israel Attacker puts British MP George Galloway in Hospital

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UK Respect Party Member of Parliament George Galloway was assaulted by a pro-Israel fanatic on Friday evening, leaving him with a broken jaw, broken ribs, and other injuries. The attacker shouted about the Holocaust. Galloway had to spend the night in the hospital. The MP, who called for a boycott of Israeli goods during the […]

Apartheid

British Cabinet Member Resigns over UK Gov’t Gaza Stance, wanted to go to ICC

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Channel 4 News “Sayeeda Warsi, the minister who quit over Gaza, says she had to stand down because of the UK’s “indefensible” position. Watch her first TV interview since her exit” She said that a conservative member of parliament was on the phone with her “weeping” at the images coming out of Gaza. (Why are […]

Economy

How WW I, British Greed, and Oil Distorted Modern Iran

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By Farhad Malekafzali With one hundredth anniversary of the start of WWI fast approaching, the consequences of the war for Iran deserves attention. When it comes to European role in shaping Middle East, the better-known story is what happened in the Arab parts of that region. There the Anglo-French machinations planted the seeds of instability […]

Bush

Blair-Bush & Iraq: It’s not just the quagmire but the Lawbreaking & Deception

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is complaining that he is unfairly blamed for causing the current mess in Iraq and that if Saddam had still been in power it would be just as unstable. He is, perhaps deliberately, missing the point. His invasion of Iraq was illegal and based on deception […]